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Browned Butter Weekend Cake

The recipe says the cake is best if it can sit after baking and be eaten the “next” day…even stretching it out over a weekend. Well, it probably helps if you don’t have a lot of people wanting a slice but I can say it was eaten promptly with no leftovers. 🙂

The general consensus from my tasters was that everyone expected it to be a more typical pound cake but it just wasn’t. It was a lot more moist and had more flavor. Two people commented it seemed like a “vanilla wafer cake”. Interesting analogy but I totally got it.

The best part about this cake, besides everyone loving it, was just how easy it was. I think the only thing that was a little daunting was getting the “browned butter” right and not ending up as Dorie states on the other side with “blackened butter” I watched it very closely and had no problem. I would totally make this again…easy and delicious!

Granola Energy Bar Update…seeing as some people got crunchy and some people got chewy granola bars, I took the advice from fellow bakers and tried these again! This time I used regular corn syrup instead of the brown rice syrup and got a much chewier bar….more of what I was expecting. I also added the mini chocolate chips after the other mixture had cooled and they stayed whole! They tasted much better…I am glad I tried these again, so thanks for the encouragement! 🙂

We were in your boat, I hid the cake right out of the oven, wrapped it in a towel (missed the part about plastic wrap) and out of sight out of mind. Until the next day when I remembered it would be a great snack for everyone after skiing. It was gone by the morning the next day.

I was thinking the same thing Patty…peanut butter would be great!..and I think you could just add it in with the corn syrup. This second time around, I only added peanuts, sunflower seeds, and mini chocolate chips. If I made them again, I would just do peanuts and chocolate chips…it would be enough…and maybe peanut butter

This was a wonderful cake and yours looks perfect! I’ve yet to make the granola bars, as I haven’t gotten round to going to get brown rice syrup. After your comments, I might just go with golden syrup, since it’s already in my pantry.